Shadwell Stable's undefeated Mohaymen (Tapit) continued preparations for his 2016 debut in the Jan. 30 GII Holy Bull S. at Gulfstream Park with a sharp half-mile work Friday morning. With exercise rider Miguel Jaime aboard, Mohaymen went four furlongs in :47 4/5 and galloped out five-eighths in 1:00 4/5 at Palm Meadows.
“We had a good morning,” trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said. “It was perfect, really. He worked in company before his last race and took dirt, but he does everything right by himself. The track was great and we're happy the way he did it, on his own, the right way.”
Mohaymen, a $2.2-million KEESEP graduate, followed a debut win at Belmont with victories in Aqueduct's GII Nashua S. Nov. 4 and GII Remsen S. Nov. 28. Mohaymen is one of three finalists for the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male of 2015.
“We're looking forward to getting going in the Holy Bull and from there hopefully keep going on the right track,” McLaughlin continued. “The Fountain of Youth is the next obvious spot but we could skip it and point for the Florida Derby or something else. We'll be nominated to everything. We hope he likes the track and wins the Holy Bull and we keep going from there. That's the main thing.”
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